A Little Guilt With The Winter Beets
(Via washingtonpost.com - A Cook's Garden by Barbara Damrosch)
My sister proudly served a dish on Christmas day that she called "Al Gore Quiche." That it contained leeks, broccoli, spinach and flat parsley was not remarkable, but the fact that all of these ingredients came fresh from her Vermont garden was a Christmas miracle. In a normal year her plot would be frozen ground, covered with snow. "I'm also harvesting carrots, kale, beets and Brussels sprouts," she crowed.
My sister proudly served a dish on Christmas day that she called "Al Gore Quiche." That it contained leeks, broccoli, spinach and flat parsley was not remarkable, but the fact that all of these ingredients came fresh from her Vermont garden was a Christmas miracle. In a normal year her plot would be frozen ground, covered with snow. "I'm also harvesting carrots, kale, beets and Brussels sprouts," she crowed.
